Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Art of capturing images… (11)
7 … and an attachment used for wide-angle shots (7, 4) 12 Book for photos (5) 13 Other, different (4) 15 Civic head of a district (5) 16 Small lizard (5) 17 Needle case (4) 19 Take over by force (5) 20 Amble (6) 21 Nourish (4) 23 Strike (one’s toe) against a hard surface (4) 25 Pretext (6) 28 Supervised (7) 29 Obsolete name for lead (7) 32 Leader of the Apostles (5) 33 — California, Eagles hit (5) 34 In general (7) 37 Leafy vegetable (7) 39 1930s design style (3, 4) 41 Natural skill (6) 42 Lay to rest (4) 44 House top (4) 46 Fireside (6) 49 Cautious, circumspect (7) 50 Hair product (3) 51 Brick carrier (3) 53 Not legal (7) 55 Boulder-strewn (5) 56 Stay away from (5) 57 Southwestern US state (7) 58 Female parent? (3) 60 Dim —, Chinese steamed dumplings (3) 61 Case, instance (7) 62 Dirty (6) 64 Rebuff, spurn (4) 66 Thick string (4) 67 Surgical implement (6) 70 Precisely (7) 71 Capital of Kenya (7) 73 Upset (a boat) (7) 75 Pattern of timber (5) 77 Reduce, diminish (5) 79 Getting bigger (7) 81 Construction worker (7) 84 Lucky charm (6) 85 Diana —, actress (4) 87 Faithful (4) 89 Defiant line of protesters (6) 91 Type of drum (5) 92 Movement of the sea (4)
93 War and —, Tolstoy classic (5) 95 Persian Gulf state (5) 97 French cheese (4) 98 Phrase, expression (5) 99 Picture that isn’t in monochrome… (6, 5) 100 … and one that’s been blown up (11)
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1 Newspaper journalists (5) 2 Place bets (6) 3 — Adams, Lois Lane in Man of Steel (3) 4 Mob, throng (5) 5 Scottish city (7) 6 Make haste (5, 2) 8 Bar of cast metal (5)
9 Ad —, impromptu (3) 10 — of the Guard, beefeaters (6)
11 Cut with a knife (5)
14 Run fast (6) 18 School absentee (6) 21 Peggy Lee hit (5) 22 Put on show (7) 23 Slum conditions (7) 24 Dull, unsharpened (5) 26 Share out (5) 27 Worried expression (5) 30 In which location? (5) 31 Brief bright light used in 1A (5) 35 Motionless (5) 36 Burp (5) 38 Conceivable (9) 40 Sheer cliff face (9) 43 Mythical equine animal (7) 45 Autumn month (7) 47 Part of a bag (5) 48 Moving images (5) 49 Sweet —, plant (3) 50 Exercise centre (3) 52 Barrier across a river (3) 54 Definite article (3) 59 Tooth (5) 60 Footwear item worn at an ice rink (5) 62 Smithy (5) 63 Offspring of a male horse and a female donkey (5)
65 City which hosted the 2008 Olympic Games (7) 66 Bike rider (7)
68 In the lead (5) 69 Japan’s capital (5) 72 Less common (5) 74 Kidskin leather (5) 76 Ridiculous (6) 78 Cupboard with a key (6) 80 Thrown bomb (7) 81 American whiskey (7) 82 Daze, trance (6) 83 Season of the year (6) 84 Mexican Indian (5) 86 Gather, learn (5) 88 Auguste —, French sculptor (5) 90 Midlands river (5) 94 Ventilate (3) 96 Feathery scarf (3)